For our June event, we’ll be hearing from Amy Rich, Communities and Campaigns Officer at the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER), who coordinate the programme of events for Black History Month in Scotland every October.
Amy will explain how people in social media roles in heritage organisations can support Black History Month, even if they don’t have any budget or a say in their organisation’s event programming.
She will cover what Black History Month is, why it’s important to create social media content for Black History Month (even if you’re not running any events or don’t have anything new to share), and how content creators can avoid tokenism with their Black History Month social media posts.
There will be time for a Q&A session and general discussion towards the end of the event, but please feel free to head off at any point.
WHEN? Wed, 5 Jun, 15:00 – 16:00 BST
WHERE? Online via Zoom
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TELL US ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN, LAUNCH DATE, ETC.
SHSMG events are attended by communications folk from across the sector, so it’s a great opportunity to spread the word about a campaign you’d like them to know about (for example, a hashtag you’d like museum accounts to use) or a launch date that you want other organisations to avoid.
We’ll ask for this information during the event, but you can also contact us ahead of time if you can’t make it or would rather not speak up.
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FAQs
Will it be recorded?
No (sorry), but we’ll be taking notes for a blog post.
Will there be subtitles?
The event will utilise Zoom’s closed captioning service, which provides subtitles of the spoken in-meeting communications.
Do I have to talk?
Everyone will be invited to join the Q&A and discussion, but you’re welcome to stay muted and keep your camera off for the duration of the event.
Are you still running in-person events?
Yes, we’ll be organising a mixed programme (ideally rotating online and in-person events, but a lot of this depends on our speakers/hosts).
Do I have to join the “group” to come along?
If you follow SHSMG on social media, are subscribed to the e-newsletter, read the blog posts or come along to events, you’re already part of the group! Just sign up to the event and we’ll see you there.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All attendees are expected to act with respect to one-another during this event and anyone making comments which we believe to be inappropriate or abusive will be removed from the event immediately.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us on X or email scotheritagesmg@outlook.com.
Remember to join the conversation on X using #SHSMG.
All SHSMG events are supported by Dig It!, a hub for Scottish archaeology. Dig It! is coordinated by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Charity No SC010440) and primarily funded by Historic Environment Scotland.
Image credit: Malini Chakrabarty
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SPECIAL THANKS
Thanks to our fantastic sponsor, we’re able to offer payment to all SHSMG speakers while keeping these events free for attendees:
“Whereverly create cultural and heritage tourism apps and websites.
We want tourists and locals to embrace local culture and heritage through music, song and stories, whilst discovering the hidden gems.
The Whereverly app and web platform makes creating a helpful tourism app easy. The content on Whereverly apps is produced for the most part by local communities, guides, heritage professionals, park rangers and local storytellers.
The Whereverly apps and website feature interactive maps, 3D maps, AR experiences, points of interests, favouriting and list building. As well as audio and non-audio walking, cycling, driving and rail tours. As well as music and stories delivered based on where the visitor is.
Example of our apps are Falkirk Explored, the North Coast 500, Scotland Starts Here, Explore Stirling, Highland Discovery and the Coig. We have developed supporting websites re-using the app content for the Coig and Scotland Starts Here. We are working on new heritage focussed projects which feature AR models, badge collecting and 3D maps.”
For more information, visit Whereverly.com.
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